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Jimmy Carter’s 100th Birthday and Legacy of Giving Celebrated

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Thalia Beaty and Glenn Gamboa Associated Press Robert Franklin/AP Former President Jimmy Carter works with other volunteers on site during the first day of the weeklong Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project, their 35th work project with Habitat for Humanity, in Mishawaka, Ind.

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Ep185: The Story Behind Big Lots' $50 Million Gift to Nationwide Children's Hospital

Selfish Giving

Big Lots will support Nationwide Children’s new behavioral health expansion, including the construction of a treatment and research center on the hospital's main campus. Show Notes Give Big & Help Kids Everywhere Big Lots All Associates Meeting Announcing Gift to Nationwide Children's [Video] Training is key, as is goal-setting.

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How Construction Businesses Can Stand Out: Strategies for Success

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

How Construction Businesses Can Stand Out: Strategies for Success In a competitive industry like construction, standing out from the crowd is essential for long-term success. Here are some key strategies for success in the construction business. Chapters 1. Embrace Innovation and Technology 2. Prioritise Quality and Safety 3.

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Tenant Organizers Are Fighting a Forever War

NonProfit Quarterly

Because of all the work that’s going on citywide, tenant associations and our city council decided to make a local ordinance that protected the right to organize, and it passed through our city council. It was on the news a lot because one of the things that it impacted was rest breaks for construction workers.

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4 Storytelling Tips for Your Online Donation Page

Ann Green

In addition to including pictures of your nonprofit’s beneficiaries on your donation page, share their written stories so your supporters can associate a name and a face with your cause. You don’t need to be a trained writer to construct an emotionally engaging story for your donation page. Share real people’s stories.

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Minding the Gaps: Neuroethics, AI, and Depression

NonProfit Quarterly

Just three years ago, the American Psychiatric Association admitted to a history replete with discrimination, abusive experimentation, and victimization of BIPOC communities in the name of scientific evidence. 10 Only 35.1 percent of Latinx Americans with mental illness receive treatment annuallythe US average is 46.2

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Policies for Housing With Heart

Stanford Social Innovation Review

As a result, 24 percent of seniors living in the US are classified as socially isolated, which is associated with an approximately 50 percent increased risk of developing dementia, a 32 percent increased risk of stroke, a 68 percent increased risk of hospitalization, and 57 percent increased risk of emergency department visits.